Autograph letter signed Massenet mentioning Pauline Viardot
$300 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians
Octavo. 3 pp. of a bifolium. Dated Paris, April 21, 18 95, In French with translation . Massenet is worried that his messages have not reached Pauline Viardot: the post office has returned one of his letters. He does not want Viardot to think him unreliable, and asks his correspondent to reassure him. I immediately answered Madame Viardot's excellent letter - I have since telegraphed and written her... The post office returned one of my letters... wrong
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